Curriculum Vitae:
Appointments - Academic Service - Membership and Service in Academic Societies - General Area(s) of Academic Interest
EDUCATION:
SECONDARY SCHOOLS:
Ecole Boisfleury, Grenoble, France
College du Léman, Geneva, Switzerland
Hillcrest High School, Ottawa, CanadaUNIVERSITIES:
B.A. (Hons) Carleton University, Ottawa, 1971
M.A. University of Alberta, Edmonton, 1974
Ph.D. University of Toronto, 1981DISTINCTIONS, HONOURS, FELLOWSHIPS AND SCHOLARSHIPS:
Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta, 1972-73
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 1973-76
University of Toronto Open Fellowship, 1976-78
Milton Buchanan Fellowship, 1978-79, 1981OTHER FORMAL EDUCATION:
Diploma en Estudios Hispánicos, Universidad de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 1967
Diploma, American College, Paris, France, 1968
ACADEMIC CAREER:
APPOINTMENTS: top
(Part Time)
Carleton University 1969-71
University of Waterloo 1971-72
University of Alberta 1972-73
University of Toronto 1973-79; 1980-81
(Full Time)
University of Ottawa 1979-80
University of New Brunswick (Saint John) 1981-82
Wilfrid Laurier University 1982-89
University of Western Ontario 1989-
Coordinator of Spanish (1991-93)
Coordinator of Graduate Studies - Spanish (1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-2000)
Coordinator of Graduate Studies - Comparative Literature (1996-97)
Chair (1995-2000)
ACADEMIC SERVICE: top
Wilifrid Laurier University Faculty Association: Certification Committee
University of Western Ontario Faculty Association:
Elected Board Member (ongoing, reelected 2009)
BORC Member
Certification Committee Chair (1997-98)
Contract Committee (1998-2002, 2005-7)
Negotiating Team (2001-03)Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) Defence Fund Trustee (1999-2003, 2004-05)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council - refereeing of grant application (ongoing)
Aid to Scholarly Publications Program, Humanities and Social Science Federation of Canada - manuscript refereeing (ongoing)
Program Evaluations:
University of Victoria (MA Program in Spanish and Italian) 1999
Lethbridge University 2000
University of Guelph (Undergraduate Program in Spanish) 2000
University of Victoria (Undergraduate Program in Spanish and Italian) 2005
University of the West Indies (Undergraduate, MA and PhD programs in Spanish) Trinidad, 2006
MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE IN ACADEMIC SOCIETIES: top
Humanities and Social Science Federation of Canada:
CAH representative (1996-98, 2004-06)
Elected to the Board (1998-2000)
Women's Issues Network (1996-2000)
Language Working Group (1998-2000)Canadian Association of Hispanists (CAH):
Executive member representing Ontario (1983-85, 1989-91)
Constitution Committee (1985)
Nominations Committee (1986-88, 1992-94)
Secretary-Treasurer - interim (September 1986-June 1987)
Representative to Canadian Federation of the Humanities (1996-98, 1998-2000, 2004-06)
Vice-President (1995-96)
President (1996-98)
Past President (1998-99)American Association fo Teachers of Spanish and Portugese (Ontario Chapter)
Secretary (1983-87)
President (1994-96)Ontario Graduate Scholarship Selection Board, Ministry of Colleges and Universities (1984-85, 1985-86, 2005-08)
Canadian Modern Languages Review: Spanish Book Review Editor
Member of the editorial board (1987-92)
Asociación Internacional de Siglo de Oro - member
Asociación Hispánica de Literatura Medieval - member
Asociación Internacional de Hispanistas - member
GENERAL AREA(S) OF ACADEMIC INTEREST: top
Medieval Spanish Literature
Medieval Spanish Law
Spanish History
Historical Drama
Women in Spanish Literature
Eighteenth-Century Historical Drama
Nineteenth-Century Spanish Literature (prose and drama)
Renaissance and Baroque Spanish Literature (prose and drama)
Translation Theory